[11028] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: ANS and the CIX - have they really connected?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Poole)
Fri Mar 18 10:35:03 1994
To: matthew@echo.com (Matthew Kaufman)
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 14:33:52 +0100 (MET)
Cc: cook@path.net, karl@mcs.com, com-priv@psi.com, fair@apple.com,
In-Reply-To: <199403181004.CAA19841@echo.com> from "Matthew Kaufman" at Mar 18, 94 02:04:14 am
From: Simon Poole <poole@magnolia.eunet.ch>
> If no, then isn't the CIX "mandating" a "minimum price to charge" for its
> members, which, since they comprise nearly all of the IP providers by now,
> would seem to be a clearly defined case of a conspiracy to engage in
> restraint of trade... Because if the answer is no, what you're saying is
> "Well, you can pay $10000 to us and hook up, and you can resell service,
> BUT YOU CAN'T ONLY CHARGE $1/year FOR IT"
> In that case, not only am I not interested, but I wouldn't even want
> to CONSIDER having my business join an organization that was engaging
> in such legally risky practices.
The CIX is not an exclusive arrangement, you can always make seperate
agreements with all the current members. But since there is no requirement
to peer with you (that would -really- be restraint of trade), settlement*
would probably be required by the larger NSP's.
* involving sums very likely a lot higher than $10k.
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